In this course, Queen Mary University of London professor, John Ramsden, examines the major events of World War I to further understand how they led us to the shaping of this new world.
World politics
- Author:Ramsden, JohnSummary:
- Author:O'Sullivan, Meghan L.Summary:
Windfall is the boldest profile of the world's energy resources since Daniel Yergin's The Quest. Harvard professor and former Washington policymaker Meghan L. O'Sullivan reveals how fears of energy scarcity have given way to the reality...
- Author:Galeano, EduardoSummary:
- Author:McWilliams, Wayne C.Summary:
- Author:Churchill, WinstonSummary:
"Winston Churchill's account of the prelude to and events of the First World War is a defining work of twentieth-century history. With dramatic narrative power Churchill reconstructs the action on the Western and Eastern...
- Author:Keylor, William R.Summary:
- Author:Mearsheimer, John J.Summary:
"A decade after the end of the Cold War, both policy makers and academics foresee a new era of peace and prosperity, an era when democracy, open trade, and mutual trust will join hands to banish war from the globe. With insight...
- Author:Welsh, JenniferSummary:
#1 National BestsellerPart of the CBC Massey Lectures SeriesIn 1989, as the Berlin Wall crumbled and the Cold War dissipated, the American political commentator Francis Fukuyama wrote a famous essay, entitled “The End of History.”...
- Author:Gaddis, John LewisSummary:
From "the dean of Cold War historians" (New York times): an important new reckoning with the hostile relationship that defined our age.
- Author:Huntington, Samuel P.Summary:
- Author:Kagan, RobertSummary:
- Author:Hellyer, Paul, Royer, Louis, Lemyre, CarlSummary:
Mafia financière, ordre mondial, contacts extraterrestres Paul Hellyer révèle dans ce livre les failles de notre système bancaire et financier tout en analysant les causes de ce qui a fait déraper l’économie mondiale, dont l’...
- Author:DeFronzo, JamesSummary:
- Author:Pearson, Monte L.Summary:
Many articles in the media examine contemporary American issues and compare them to the problems that led to the fall of the Roman Empire. But before the rise of the Empire, a time of one-man rule and limited freedoms, there was the...
- Author:Laxer, James, Springer, JaneSummary:
"[The Groundwork Guides] are excellent books, mandatory for school libraries and the increasing body of young people prepared to take ownership of the situations and problems previous generations have left them." -- Globe and Mail. Oil...
- Author:Perry, AnneSummary:
When the bodies of two high-profile women are discovered, bearing signs of rape, and an innocent man is accused of the crime, Thomas Pitt's quest for the truth forces him to play a dangerous game of international politics and...
- Author:Lucht, BernieSummary:
For four decades, Ideas has presented more than 400,000 CBC Radio listeners in Canada and the United States with the most challenging contemporary thought of the day. Now, to mark the program’s 40th anniversary, executive producer...
- Author:Gallups, CarlSummary:
Warning! Gods & Thrones will forever change the way you read your Bible. It may be one of the most significant books you've ever read, as it connects deep spiritual truths to your life and to present-day global concerns.Have...
- Author:Sens, Allen G.Summary:
- Author:Albright, MadeleineSummary:
From one of the most admired international leaders, comes a timely, considered, and personal look at the history and current resurgence of fascism today and the virulent threat it poses to international freedom, prosperity, and peace....